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Tyler Suiters anchors this morning’s Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC.On the program:
-Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and NOAA are set to announce what they call a “major” climate initiative today.-At least 5 people are dead and a dozen injured after an explosion at a natural gas plant under construction in Middletown, Connecticut. -A bill to create one of the most stringent renewable energy standards in the country passes a key test in Colorado.-The coal industry complains about the White House plan to have states raise mining fees, calling it a blow to US jobs and the economy.

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Late this summer, CPES Executive Director Kelly Kennedy attended a clean energy panel discussion that Congressman Chris Murphy hosted with Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington. The panel focused on the promise that green energy advancements hold for our environment and for Connecticuts economy.

Joining Browner and Murphy were representatives from Connecticut-based renewable energy businesses, including Apollo Solar (Bethel), FuelCell Energy (Danbury and Torrington), Duracell (Bethel) and Optiwind (Torrington).

The nearly two-hour meeting covered stimulus investments in energy, the US House bill on climate change (ACES), transmission issues for renewable energy, smart meters, energy efficiency rules for appliances, initiatives of some of Connecticuts renewable energy businesses, and more. Heres some of what they had to say.

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